Security Architecture Contract Job Trends in Cheltenham
Security Architecture
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheltenham requiring Security Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 35 | - | 42 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Security Architecture | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Cheltenham | 0.49% | - | 1.28% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.64% | - | 1.53% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £778 |
| 25th Percentile | £600 | - | £802 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £650 | - | £884 |
| 75th Percentile | £700 | - | £945 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £956 |
| Gloucestershire median daily rate | £650 | - | £884 |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheltenham
Security Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cheltenham.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 157 | 75 | 196 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham | 76.96% | 78.13% | 83.76% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 102 | 47 | 91 |
| 10th Percentile | £380 | £448 | £463 |
| 25th Percentile | £483 | £513 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £588 | £625 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.38% | -6.00% | +8.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £634 | £709 | £682 |
| 90th Percentile | £798 | £781 | £964 |
| Gloucestershire median daily rate | £550 | £500 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -16.67% | +9.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £59.00 | £41.28 | £61.38 |
| 25th Percentile | £65.00 | £49.19 | £70.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £74.50 | £64.25 | £71.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.95% | -9.51% | +47.92% |
| 75th Percentile | £75.44 | £81.19 | £73.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.75 | £90.23 | - |
| Gloucestershire median hourly rate | £45.00 | £34.34 | £53.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +31.04% | -36.11% | -6.52% |
Security Architecture Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.
Security Architecture Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Security Architecture.
Security Architecture Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Business Strategy | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Identity Access Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Incident Response | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Information Security | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Mentoring | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Multi-Factor Authentication | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Privileged Access Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Risk Analysis | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | SABSA | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Service Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Target Operating Model | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Threat Modelling | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | TOGAF | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Vulnerability Assessment | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Zero Trust | 100.0% | 1 |